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 Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 5:50 pm
Am I the only one that finds using a terminal is a lot faster at getting things done then most GUIs? I find that I can type much faster then go through a menu system and select option. Also I prefer to hand edit configuration files instead of letting something do it for me. I am I just weird or is it truly easier/faster. Maybe it has something to do with the distro I run too or is it I run that distro because it does it the way that I like.... Anyway what do you guys think?
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Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 12:57 am
Hmm I dont know I prefer runing programs from alt+F2 becasue it is faster than searching for it.
So yea I dont think it is distro that does this but it helps biggrin probably
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Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 5:29 am
I imagine it takes a small (or maybe not-so-small) percentage of your memory to run the GUI, depending on how shiny it is. A CLI is always a CLI and is generally pretty plain. I imagine that might have something to do with it. I use both.
For updates, I don't like using adept, so I just do it from command line, but if I have to d**k around with a config file, I'll use Kate. Etc.
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Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 12:43 pm
I use both and in ways it is faster to use the command line and others better to use the GUI. The only problem with CLI that I have is that I don't know how Linux handles spaces in file names and my family is bad and putting spaces in their file names so I have to go in and rename everything though the GUI so I can work on them with the CLI (a bit of a pain in the a**, and I am trying to learn how to work with spaces in the command line).
I also find the CLI good for laptops when it comes to wireless networking iwlist gives you more information about a network then NetworkManager does.
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Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 3:52 pm
if you need to work with files with a space from the command line put quotes around it or escape them by putting a before the space in the command line.
I guess I find it easier cause I can just tell it what I want and it will do it. The only time I use kate or something like that is when I am playing around with scripting and stuff. If there was a decent email and webbrowser for the CLI I probably could live without X most of the time lol
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Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 1:25 am
you have one great CLI webbroweser "links" I like ti a lot but you cant expect grahic in it beause it is CLI, and email client hmm that shouldnt be so hard to make or would it razz
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Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 6:16 am
fetchmail and sendmail are both commands to work with pop and imap emails and there are a couple of email clients for CLI, don't remember their names right now. Another great CLI web browser is lynx.
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Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 1:37 pm
I know about the CLI browsers. Saved my life during problems a couple of times before. But I mean full featured with tabs and extensions like that. But I doubt anyone will ever write something like that. Plus java and flash support may be a little problematic. I have never tried any command line email programs yet. /me hates using resources of his pc without really needing to.
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Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 5:20 pm
Well it would be possablle to make a CLI tab browser but there would be no point to having java and flash for it considering there are no graphics allowed in Command line.
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Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 6:18 pm
SVGA lib or Frame buffer = Semi decent graphics. IF you have links and SVGA lib installed you should be able to start it on a console with links -g -driver svga and you should have graphics. you can also do that with mplayer some how too
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Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 1:30 am
damn that is a good thing to know :d yey now I know how to get a graphic biggrin just need this lib and it will work
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Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 3:22 am
links and/or mplayer may need it compiled into it as a option too but I am not sure on it. Also I don't think it works on 64bit computers(last I checked svgalib didn't may have changed in the past while though)
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Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 12:10 pm
I always keep 4 terminals open on my last virtual desktop
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Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 6:40 pm
Allowing graphics takes away from the whole point of running apps in the command line. No graphics means faster loading and less strain on your bandwidth and system resources.
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Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 7:19 pm
It does eliminate the need for X. And on some systems it can make a hell of a difference. But on modern systems I guess it really wouldn't.
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